TPT July 2012

Industry News

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Service centre for Chinese market DUTCH saw blade producer Kinkelder has further expanded its international network. In the Chinese sales and service branch of Kinkelder, which has been active since 2010, high quality saw blades will be ground and repaired specifically for the Chinese market. For this purpose, German grinding machines have been exported to China, via which Kinkelder responds to the strongly increasing Chinese demand for high- quality circular saw blades. The international saw blade specialist was founded in the Netherlands in 1945 and grew into one of the most important enterprises worldwide with the production and sales of saw blades. Only 10 per cent of the production remains in the Netherlands. The rest is designated for export to approximately 80 countries. At present, Kinkelder has its own sales and service branches in significant export countries such as Germany, USA, France, Belgium, Czech Republic, England and China. Saw blades are also developed and produced for the local market in the USA and France. However, there is no export from these countries. Export takes place from the main production branch in the Netherlands. The entire Kinkelder range includes about 10,000 different types of HSS, TCT, segmental saw blades, band saws, friction saw blades and circular knives. Apart from the delivery of an extensive standard programme, Kinkelder also produces custom-made saw blades for clients with specific demands with regard to, for instance, size, hardness and tooth shape. With its 340 employees, Kinkelder also advises in and supports producers with setting up and optimising their frequently fully automated sawing lines. Important users of Kinkelder saw blades are manufacturers and suppliers of tubes and profiles that are used in the automotive industry, the oil and gas sector and the world of construction. “We have an international network of our own sales and service branches, where we also repair saw blades and sharpen these on high-quality European machines,” states Louis Raucamp, commercial manager at Kinkelder BV about the organisation. “In other countries we work with specialised engineering distributors. This was also the case in China. At least until 2010, as in this year we strengthened our presence in China with our own sales and service branch, so called WFOE (Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise), in Suzhou, which is managed by Liu Tao, general manager, China. We have now further expanded and equipped this branch for the grinding and resharpening of TCT saw blades, solely for the rapidly growing Chinese market. The infrastructure in Suzhou is perfect, with good haul roads, efficient public transport and good utilities. This is why in Suzhou we are accompanied by large well-known multinationals such as Samsung, Philips and VDL, yet another Dutch company.”

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